Comparative morphology of rostral cartilages in extant mackerel sharks (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes, Lamnidae) using CT scanning
Author
Mollen, Frederik H.
Author
Wintner, Sabine P.
Author
Iglésias, Samuel P.
Author
Van, Sean R.
Author
Jagt, John W. M.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3340
29
43
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.215285
1dd2aa47-a5e9-46c2-9074-8f83166e5163
1175-5326
215285
Carcharodon carcharias
Fresh material
:
1 specimen
, ERB 0 932 (=
KZNSB
–UMT 07015), female,
2120 mm
TL,
26 November 2007
, protective gill nets off Umtentweni,
South Africa
, southwest Indian Ocean.
Additional material
: one set of transverse views through rostrum based on CT scans (unpublished data, courtesy of K. Shimada) of a female,
FMNH
38335, c.
2714 mm
TL (based on crown height of first anterior teeth, following the method described by
Shimada 2003
), off southern Florida,
USA
, Atlantic Ocean, and 2 dried chondrocrania, IRScNB 1385γ, no data, Mediterranean;
KZNSB
unlabelled, female, c.
3740 mm
TL (based on skeleton), date unknown, protective gill nets off KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa
, southwest Indian Ocean.
Additional illustrations
:
Haswell (1884, pl. 1, figs. 1–2)
,
Parker [1887
, pl. 4, figs. 1, 3; pl. 5, unnumbered fig. (upper part of plate only);
non
pl. 8, figs. 24–25, misidentified by the author, see
Francis (1996)
and
Mollet
et al.
(2002)
],
Compagno (1990, figs. 3G, 5J, 6J, 7J)
,
Gottfried
et al.
(1996
, fig. 5B),
Wroe
et al.
(2008
, fig. 1A–B), and
Shimada
et al.
(2009
, fig. 2D).